Jerry Wayne Love wants to retract plea deal
Posted by BrianThe “ordained preacher” who plead guilty to molesting three boys in his care multiple times yet didn’t receive a single day of jail is now trying to rescind his guilty plea. I would suggest that the judge refuse this request unless the next move would for the DA to aggressively try Mr. Love on all charges. From what I heard through the grapevine there is really no question of his guilt; the DA’s office was just unwilling or unable to get the abused boys to testify.
What is most alarming, though, is this:
The boys now are 13, 14 and 16. Palmer told Hall on July 9 that Love had abused the boys multiple times over several years. Three of the four boys whom the Loves adopted have been removed from the home, Palmer told the court.
So this registered sex offender still has a boy in his care. No problem there, I’m sure.
The article also confirmed a rumor I heard over the past weekend.
In the 1990s, Love and his wife were named adoptive parents of the year by the Madison County Department of Human Resources.
I wonder if they can retract that award?
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July 26th, 2007 at 7:09 am
I don’t know but that other boy may have not been removed because he may have turned 18 before anyone was aware of the abuse.
July 26th, 2007 at 7:49 am
I hope Allison Palmer’s medical reason is related to lack of sleep from a tortured conscience over her mishandling of this case.
I also hope they set aside the plea deal and try this guy. Perhaps someone from the AG’s office could step in and take over the prosecution for the state. They might not fare any better in the end but they could hardly do worse.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:37 am
I would assume they would move it to another county now .